
Show Notes
If you've read every book, listened to every podcast, and understood your anxiety inside and out, and you're still stuck, this episode is going to land. Julie-anne first felt the physical symptoms of anxiety at five years old. By seventeen she'd had her first panic attack behind the wheel, and from there her world started to shrink. She built a whole life, a career, a family, around a low hum of anxiety she never fully faced.
In this episode, Julie-anne shares what actually bridged the gap.
You'll hear: Why understanding your anxiety completely can still leave you stuck (and what's actually missing) How reassurance and endless research can become safety behaviours, not healing What it means to bring anxiety with you instead of waiting for it to leave first The grief that comes with getting free, and why it's part of the process, not a sign you did it wrong
This is a conversation about what happens after you understand anxiety. About the gap between knowing and doing, and what it actually takes to close it.
Tap here to follow the process Julie-Anne used
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